Taiga's father,  shown for the first time in chapter 12. He threatens to stop giving Taiga her living expenses if she continues to ignore his calls. He tries to re-unite with his estranged daughter after a separation with his newest (and much younger) wife, admitting it was wrong to let her go.   ~!During their short stint, he tells Ryuuji's mom that they are moving away to a bigger place together. A few episodes later in the middle of the season, he promises to come to the Cultural Festival to watch Taiga perform in her class's Wrestling Show and to see her perform in the pageant. He ends up being a no-show (after an embarrassing intro where Taiga and Ami both ask him to speak up and greet the crowd), sending Ryuuji a text message to tell Taiga that he had important business and they couldn't move in together. This leaves Ryuuji and Minori to pick up the pieces as Taiga tries to act as though she would be fine on her own.!~

Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student, who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger."
 
One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryuuji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yuusaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryuuji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend!
 
Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.

[Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/古澤徹)

He is known for playing tough or grouchy men in dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi and Jin in Samurai Champloo. He also played numerous cameos and minor characters in Rurouni Kenshin, in addition to the major character of Hajime Saito. He also does Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo as well as Gabumon and other voices in Digimon.  According to Anime News Network, Thornton has the most credits of any male voice actor and he is second in total voice actor credits only next to Wendee Lee. He has been in nearly two hundred voice-over productions for Japanese animation.  Thornton is also well-known for having played many different minor voice roles throughout the Power Rangers franchise (and similar series such as VR Troopers and Masked Rider).  Thornton has also had experience with ADR direction. Currently, he is co-directing the ADR for the popular anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee.

Brother of [Melanie Hinze](https://anilist.co/staff/105699). Brother-in-law of [Matthias Hinze](https://anilist.co/staff/101110/). Haggege is the son of the well-known actress Eva-Maria Werth.

Rikurou Aisaka